Friday, August 9, 2013

Stray dog menace irks citizens

An average of 500 complaints are
registered in Corporation every month !

Few days ago a citizen
died of Rabies virus. Though the incident has come to light after two
weeks, the fact is stray dog menace has irked citizens. Packs of dogs
can be seen wandering on street across city, causing fear among
resident. It has become a perennial problem in city.

It might be shocking to
know that more than 500 complaints on dog menace is registered with
corporation every month. According to sources of Corporation an
average of 30-35 complaints are registered everyday.

Citizens who are fed up
handling with the dog menace, allege that civil authorities have
completely failed to curb the dog menace. Whereas, MCC Health Officer
Dr Nagaraj claims they are taking all the precautionary measures to
curb the dog and pig menace in city.

Veterinary officer Dr
Lingara admitting that dog menace has increased, and asked citizens
not to throw garbage, food on roadside and ensure proper dispose of
waste. Asking pet lovers to administer anti-rabies vaccination, he
said many of the educated itself fail to take precautionary
measures.

An average of 350-400 dogs
are sterlised every month and anti-rabies vaccine are administered. A
male and a female dog can produce about 60,685 puppies in a span of
60 years, and its quite challenging task to manage, he added.

Activists Vasanthkumar
Mysoremath said that the number of dogs caught and sterilised, is
comparatively very less to the populations of dogs. “Man-animal
conflict has increased, and wild animals are straying towards urban
areas, in search of food. If measures are taken to release the stray
dogs in forest areas, the wild animals entering into concrete jungles
come down. Though the thinking is out of paradox it helps to reduce
man animal conflict.”

Causes Out of fear, the children
in several localities have stopped playing on streets. There are even
streets where the dogs try to attack motorists and commuters.

Garbage management has
also led to problems. Several residents leave the waste collected cover in
front of houses, assuming pourakarmikas come and collect. But,
irregularities in garbage collection, helps stray dogs to spread the
garabge across street and eat what they want. This again makes dogs
more ferocious.